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    Fleet Build-Up For Chinese Car Exports

    2024-01-23T12:29:00Z

    Chinese industry has reached another logistical milestone through the delivery of the first pure car/truck carrier(PCTC) built at a domestic yard specifically for the export of Chinese-made vehicles.

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    Nakilat orders LNG and gas carrier series from Hyundai Samho

    2024-01-09T12:35:00Z

    Nakilat has placed an order with Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for the construction of two 174,000 cbm LNG carriers and four 88,000cbm Very Large LPG/ Ammonia gas carriers on Tuesday, 9 January. The vessels are scheduled for delivery from the shipyard between 2026 and 2027.

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    MAN ME-GA engines specified for NYK LNGC newbuildings

    2024-01-09T11:55:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions has confirmed that an order for MAN B&W ME-GA engines has been placed in connection with an order for a series of 4 × 174,000 cbm. LNG carriers placed by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), the major Japanese shipping company. 

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    Seaspan announces launch of first LNG bunker vessel for Panama

    2024-01-08T12:27:00Z

    Seaspan Energy announced the launch of the first of a series of three 7600 cbm LNG bunkering vessels, the Seaspan Garibaldi, at CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering on 5 January 2024.

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    Retrofit to X-DF dual-fuel propulsion for Moss-type LNG carriers

    2023-12-12T12:24:00Z

    Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has announced that it plans to conduct a programme of main mover replacements for Moss-type LNG carriers within its fleet, substituting low pressure low speed dual-fuel engines for their current steam-turbines. The ship owner and operator is conducting a joint project with Namura Shipbuilding and Sasebo Heavy Industries.

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    LNG-Fuelled Coal Carriers Make Debut

    2023-12-11T12:32:00Z

    Representing a new stage in the adoption of LNG as a transition fuel for deep-sea shipping, the world’s first Panamax or neo-Panamax coal carriers powered by LNG dual-fuel engines have entered service in the Japanese import trade.

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    COSCO Shipping and bp forge closer ties

    2023-12-07T12:29:00Z

    COSCO Shipping and bp have agreed to collaborate on a wide range of topics

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    Deltamarin to design new multi-fuel RoPax duo

    2023-12-07T12:26:00Z

    Deltamarin will provide detail design services for a pair of new multi-fuel RoPax

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    DNV awards AiP for 11,000 ceu PCTC design

    2023-12-06T12:17:00Z

    DNV awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate to China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. for its ground-breaking 11,000 ceu capacity pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) design. The certificate was awarded at the Marintec China trade fair on 6 December.

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    GTT signs COSCO Qidong Offshore deal

    2023-12-01T14:20:00Z

    GTT has signed a technical assistance and licence agreement with the Chinese shipyard COSCO Shipping (Qidong) Offshore

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    WinGD debuts VCR technology on NYK Line newbuilds

    2023-11-30T11:45:00Z

    WinGD has announced that the first commercial installations of its new variable compression ratio (VCR) technology will be carried out on two new dual-fuel LNG powered vessels being built for NYK Line.

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    MAN Targets Methane Oxicat Field Tests in Q1 2024

    2023-11-20T11:04:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions has announced that it is developing an oxidation catalyst for four-stroke engines that will significantly reduce methane slip. Called ‘IMOKAT II’ and developed at MAN Energy Solutions’ headquarters in Augsburg, Germany, the research project is currently undergoing testing at the company’s Frederikshavn, Denmark facility.

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    New fuel regulations for Arctic and Med

    2023-11-17T12:38:00Z

    Two new MARPOL regulations governing the use of fuel are due to take effect in 2024 and 2025

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    Offshore owner achieves near 10% fuel efficiency gains

    2023-11-16T11:19:00Z

    The crews on the REM PSV fleet have recently carried a campaign to increase fuel efficiency, which resulted in a 9.8% increase in fuel efficiency over the course of three months. This produced 1,700 tons of CO2 emission savings and a fuel consumption saving in excess of US$0.5 million dollars.

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    Fuel Flexibility Benefits of New Oil

    2023-11-14T12:59:00Z

    Chevron Marine Products has released a White Paper that outlines how four-stroke engine operators can benefit from the versatility offered by a new lubricating oil.

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    Hyundai Glovis Plans World’s Largest Car Carriers

    2023-11-08T11:09:00Z

    Hyundai Glovis, the shipping and logistics specialist of the Hyundai Motor Group, is set to order an extensive series of pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs) of record-breaking capacity. 

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    Concerns about dual-fuel supply chain for engine makers overstated

    2023-11-03T11:19:00Z

    While the overwhelming majority of vessels in operation continue to run on compliant conventional fuels, there is an emerging consensus that moving towards a decarbonised future will require assets to have greater fuel flexibility.

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    Wärtsilä introduces new 31DF ultra low emission variant

    2023-11-01T13:44:00Z

    A new ultra low emission version of Wärtsilä’s 310-bore dual-fuel engine claims to reduce methane slip by up to 41% compared with the previous Wärtsilä 31DF engine. The new version, which has been added to Wärtsilä’s product portfolio with immediate effect, will set a new standard for methane slip emissions for 4-stroke dual-fuel engines.

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    HHI-EMD targets oxicat prototype test by Q3 2024

    2023-10-30T12:40:00Z

    Hyundai Heavy Industries Engine & Machinery Division (HHI-EMD) held a webinar on 30 October 2023 discussing its after-treatment research for LNG, and announced that it plans to complete the prototype of its methane oxidation catalyst (oxicat) technology by Q3 2024.

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    Boxship Signals New Chapter For German Fleet

    2023-10-26T10:04:00Z

    Signalling a self-professed new era for the Hapag-Lloyd fleet and the German deep-sea liner trades, the first of the company’s ultra-large containership (ULCS) newbuilds was formally christened in Hamburg on 2 October.